AP or in full Artesis Plantijn University College Antwerp, founded in 1995, is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the city of Antwerp and created as a merger between Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen and Plantijn Hogeschool.
In the 2013–2014 academic year, the university college started with 22 bachelor programs, 6 art courses and more than 8,500 students.
Faculties
The Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen consists of four departments and two schools of arts:
- Department of Health and Welfare
- Department of Management and Communication
- Department of Education and Training
- Department of Science and Technology
- Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Campuses
The university college consists of seven campuses, all located in Antwerp. The head office of the university college is located in the Lange Nieuwstraat. From September 2015, the campuses Boom, Mechelen, Paardenmarkt, Merksem and ‘t Zuid were brought together in Campus Spoor Noord. [5] This includes the two campuses Noorderplaats and Ellermanstraat. With an area of 30,000 m², there is room for 3500 students.
- Campus Noorderplaats (Department of Health and Welfare and Department of Education and Training)
- Campus Ellermanstraat (Department of Science and Technology)
- Campus Kronenburg (Department of Science and Technology)
- Campus Lange Nieuwstraat (Department of Health and Welfare)
- Campus Meistraat (Departments Management and Communication)
- Campus Mutsaard (Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp)
- Campus deSingel (Royal Conservatory of Antwerp)